Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] be [adv] of [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They require a lot of maintenance and some may be out of action for up to a day a week on a regular basis .
2 This may be out of order but , er , personal experience is that the , er , non-executive directors who were involved in the compensation made a recommendation that , er Michael 's salary be higher erm , than he in fact a agreed with , he requested that we lower it and in fact that was what was done .
3 With regard to blackmail the Criminal Law Revision Committee did not want a test that the accused 's belief had to be reasonable because such could be out of line with the rest of the 1968 Act , yet Feely and Ghosh do just that in relation to dishonesty falling outside of s.2(1) .
4 But then to have the wit and the cold blood to fit the stone back and cover the traces — that could be out of reach of most of us .
5 I ca n't think of one shot I 've taken that would be out of place in a family album .
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